Ninja (2009)

A westerner named Casey, studying Ninjutsu in Japan, is asked by the Sensei to return to New York to protect the legendary Yoroi Bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last Koga Ninja.

Director:

Isaac Florentine

Writers:

Boaz Davidson (story), Boaz Davidson,

Stars:

Scott Adkins, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Mika Hijii

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Scott Adkins	...	Casey Bowman
Tsuyoshi Ihara	...	Masazuka
Mika Hijii	...	Namiko Takeda
Todd Jensen	...	Det. Traxler
Togo Igawa	...	Sensei Takeda
Garrick Hagon	...	Professor Garrison
Miles Anderson	...	Temple
Valentin Ganev	...	Klimitov
Atanas Srebrev	...	Detective Vukovich
Fumio Demura	...	Shihan Dai
Masaki Onishi	...	Ryuu
Nikolai Sotirov	...	Adamovich
Kenji Motomiya	...	Akira
Asen Asenov	...	Big armed man
Ivailo Dimitrov	...	Bodyguard

Storyline

Casey, a Westerner studies Ninjitsu in Japan. And in their Master's possession is an Ninja armor with some legendary weapons which goes to a deserving person. Masazuka, another student thinks he is that person but the Master has an affinity for Casey. One day Masazuka attacks Casey and Casey defends himself scarring Masazuka. Masazuka would be banished. He would then become an assassin, who works for a group criminals called The Ring. Masazuka would return demanding the armor but the Master still refuses. The Master tells Casey and his daughter, Namiko to take the armor to America were it can be kept from Masazuka. After killing the Master, Masazuka follows them to Anmerica and tries to get it. Casey is erroneously arrested for crimes committed by Masazuka. He eventually abducts Namiko and demands turn the armor to him. Casey tells him if he wants he'll have to fight him for it.

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Plot Keywords:

master | armor | ninja | assassin | ninjitsu | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence throughout

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Thailand]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese Russian Spanish

Release Date:

22 October 2009 (Malaysia)

Also Known As:

Nindzsa

Filming Locations:

New Boyana Film Studios, Sofia, Bulgaria

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nu Image Films, Millennium Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

in the fight on top of the police station, Masazuka strikes above Casey's head, causing a very visible white scar on the wall behind Casey. In the next scene of the wall, the scar is gone.

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Connections

Followed by Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013)

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Soundtracks

Sweetest Symphony
Written by 'Rainer Marschel'
Performed by Atomic
Published by Community Publishing

User Reviews

Scott Adkins' Ninja: a very good movie with couple of flaws

After getting Ninja DVD sent from my uncle in Russia, I decided to watch this movie. But since there was quite a bit Japanese language being spoken and DVD had no English subtitles, I decided to watch it with a friend who is good at Japanese and is an action movie fanatic.

Now I will say this movie is not perfect, but as a action movie, and Ninja movies fan, I was thoroughly entertained nonetheless. on par with Blood and Bone in terms of entertainment value, falling just a little bit short from Undisputed 2(8.5/10) due to some of its little faults. But despite its faults, I love this film and will be watching it time and time again (actually although I gave both of them same grade, I like this movie slightly better than Blood and Bone, because of my favoritism of Ninja movies ).